Nappy. Hair.
What can I say about Nappy Hair other than the fact that one should never go to a person who has kinky hair (most likely african decent) and call it nappy.
Growing up, I thought that nappy hair was never good. It was just thick curly hair that was hard to handle. "Don't try to tame it, you might brake a comb!" kind of hair.
I've spent so many years thinking that nappy hair is just bad hair. When in essence, it's just natural hair. I learned to be proud of it's because it's my heritage, all the way down to the roots. But that doesn't mean that I don't have my ways about taming it. I use a relaxer everyonce in a while not because I want my hair to flow like a caucasian's, but because it's easier to handle, especially on my own. Many like to call it the "creamy crack" because once you try it, you're addicted.
I recommend watching this documentary that Chris Rock made called "Good Hair." It's very good and explains a lot on how the black person's hair works. Very funny/entertaining but also the truth.
http://http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/good-hair-ft-chris-rock-hd-official-trailer/e8f3b32695b9e185240ae8f3b32695b9e185240a-471398089232?q=good+hair+chris+rock+trailer&FORM=VIRE1
well said. I think people often time dont understand just how serious the issue of hair in the black community is. It is alot deeper then just hair it has to do with self image. Im going to post some relted links as well. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent points, Alaysia and Tibrisha. Also, I think we need to keep in mind that there is a negative history attached to certain words such as "nappy" and that we need to be aware of this history and how damaging and hurtful such terms can be to one's self-image, as Tibrisha points out. Thank you for the link to the Chris Rock documentary, which I had not heard of before. However, if anyone is interested I do have a plethora of other resources on the topic of race and hair which I am happy to recommend if anyone is interested.
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